When we say web development there are various things and activities that spring into mind including but not limited to e-commerce business development, web design, content development, client based scripting and web servers to get the most out of your website.
What is Web Development?
Web development can range from developing the simplest static single page of plain text to the most complex web-based internet applications, electronic businesses, or social network services. Cost of Web site development and hosting has dropped dramatically during this time, instead of costing tens of thousands of dollars, as was the case for early websites, one can now develop a simple web site for less than a thousand dollars, depending on the complexity and amount of content.
The next generation of web development tools uses the strong growth in LAMP, Java Platform, Enterprise Edition technologies and Microsoft .NET technologies to provide the Web as a way to run applications online. Web developers now help to deliver applications as Web services which were traditionally only available as applications on a desk based computer.
Web Development can be split into many areas and a typical and basic web development hierarchy might consist of: